Скотный двор
Chapter 2
Alltheanimalscaperedwithjoywhentheysawthewhipsgoingupinflames. Snowballalsothrewontothefiretheribbonswithwhichthehorses’manesandtailshadusuallybeendecoratedonmarketdays.
"Ribbons,"hesaid,"shouldbeconsideredasclothes,whicharethemarkofahumanbeing. Allanimalsshouldgonaked."
WhenBoxerheardthishefetchedthesmallstrawhatwhichheworeinsummertokeepthefliesoutofhisears,andflungitontothefirewiththerest.
InaverylittlewhiletheanimalshaddestroyedeverythingthatremindedthemofMr.Jones. Napoleonthenledthembacktothestore-shedandservedoutadoublerationofcorntoeverybody,withtwobiscuitsforeachdog. Thentheysang‘BeastsofEngland’fromendtoendseventimesrunning,andafterthattheysettleddownforthenightandsleptastheyhadneversleptbefore.
Buttheywokeatdawnasusual,andsuddenlyrememberingthegloriousthingthathadhappened,theyallracedoutintothepasturetogether. Alittlewaydownthepasturetherewasaknollthatcommandedaviewofmostofthefarm. Theanimalsrushedtothetopofitandgazedroundthemintheclearmorninglight. Yes,itwastheirs—everythingthattheycouldseewastheirs! Intheecstasyofthatthoughttheygambolledroundandround,theyhurledthemselvesintotheairingreatleapsofexcitement. Theyrolledinthedew,theycroppedmouthfulsofthesweetsummergrass,theykickedupclodsoftheblackearthandsnuffeditsrichscent. Thentheymadeatourofinspectionofthewholefarmandsurveyedwithspeechlessadmirationtheploughland,thehayfield,theorchard,thepool,thespinney. Itwasasthoughtheyhadneverseenthesethingsbefore,andevennowtheycouldhardlybelievethatitwasalltheirown.